Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Victoria Wolff (1908-ca. 1990s) was a scenarist and film scripter for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, a foreign
correspondent for
Madame, and a contributor to Swiss and German magazines. The collection consists of books, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs,
and ephemera related to Victoria Wolff's career as a writer.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Victoria Wolff was born at Heilbronn in South Germany, December 10, 1908; BA, University of Munich (1929); MA, University
of Lausanne (1931); left Germany (1933) and spent the next six years in Ascona, Switzerland working as a freelance writer;
moved to America (1941); worked as scenarist and film scripter for both 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer; foreign
correspondent for Madame and contributor to Swiss and German magazines; various writings include
Fabulous city (1957),
And seven shall die (1954), and
The white evening dress (1941); died ca. 1990s.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of books, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera related to author Victoria Wolff. Includes
books inscribed by their authors to Wolff, correspondence with Erich Maria Remarque, Ignazio Silone, and Tilla Durieux, material
related to
Fabulous city, Wolff's autobiography, as well as other writings and 2 holograph diaries.

Portions of this collection are in German.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Wolff, Victoria--Archives.

Women authors--Archival resources.

Manuscripts for publication.

Books.

Correspondence.

Container List

Alfred Wolf

Box 3, Folder 1

Alfred Wolf's Life Story.

Physical Description: Typescript.

Box 3, Folders 2-8

Manuscript of Alfred Wolf's life story.

Books

33 books Inscribed by Their Authors to Victoria Wolff

Box 1

Longstreet, Stephen.
The Boy In The Model T.

Scope and Content Note

To my dear friend Victoria who not only reads, writes, cooks, smiles, entertains, flatters, encourages and remains a beautiful
lady and a joy to any male author. Most cordially, Stephen. 1/11/56.

To my dear friend Victoria: a fellow writer who has done millions of words and knows the enigma of the creative urge and the
agony of the blank pages that have to be filled. In long admiration of her story telling ability, her cooking and her parties
-- as always, Stephen. 1/10/66.

Box 2

-------.
Storyville to Harlem.

Scope and Content Note

Dear Victoria -- old friend, fine writer - who for so many years has brought so much of a wider world to Ethel and myself.
Much life love and happiness for us all. Cordially, Stephen Longstreet. 1986.